Author: Alexander Pope

Quotes

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

- Alexander Pope

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

- Alexander Pope

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

- Alexander Pope

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

- Alexander Pope

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

- Alexander Pope

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

- Alexander Pope

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

- Alexander Pope

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

- Alexander Pope

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

- Alexander Pope

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